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A Boynton Beach man faces drug and open beer container charges after a traffic stop on Wednesday, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report. A deputy pulled over Matthew Rounds, 39, for speeding down Jog Road near Flavor Pict Road at 1:31 p.m. But after picking up a scent of alcohol and noticing Rounds was "extremely nervous and sweating profusely," the deputy searched the car. "A closer inspection of the center console revealed a 16 oz. Icehouse beer can half way full with an amber colored carbonated liquid inside of the can. The can was also cool to the touch," the deputy wrote in the report.

Bernie Kosar has been the toast of northeastern Ohio forever. Now Cleveland fans can raise a name-specific beer in toasting him. “Bernie Beer “ had its opening Wednesday night at the Market Garden in Cleveland. The amber ale is a, “balanced creation” that “yields just enough hops to give a smooth burst of flavor while not turning it into a screaming India Pale Ale," the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote . The beer is 5.5 to 6 percent alcohol. Kosar, who grew up in Younstown and played in Cleveland, said he's not a “beer connoisseur” but appreciates the beer in his honor and likes the fact part of the proceeds are going to the Pay It Forward Foundation.

Jail Sweet Jail. Some folks wish they'd hit the lotto while others have more achievable goals on their wish list -- like going to jail. Robert Louis Fabbro, 55, is accused of swiping a 99-cent Busche beer from a convenience store in Ocala, reports the Ocala Star-Banner This is Fabbro's 6th booking into the Marion County Jail since December 2009, inmate records show. Fabbro allegedly told the responding officer he did it because he wanted to go to jail. What some folks won't do for three hots and a cot: St. Augustine: Wish granted to drunken man who had secretly hoped to spend night in jail, deputies say Bradenton: Man who really, really wanted to go to jail is granted his wish Fort Walton Beach: Man who asked to be arrested was granted his wish, cops say Marion County: Inmate told a big fib to stay in jail Casselberry : Nude dude asked cops if head-butting would get him a ride to the slammer St. Augustine: Man told clerk he was going to steal something and wanted to go to jail Get the DUHtails at Ocala Star-Banner More FloriDUH

American beer drinkers know that the building blocks of all great-tasting beers include: grains, hops, yeast and water. But they probably don't know that more than 40 percent of what Americans pay for a beer goes toward a hidden ingredient: taxes. We can't find these taxes on a receipt. They are invisible and they are regressive, meaning lower- and middle-income people disproportionately and unfairly feel the pinch. Thankfully, the bipartisan Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013, or "BEER" Act, would reduce the federal excise tax on beer drinkers and protect them from future tax hikes.

Whether you say prost, skol or bottoms up, any of these international expressions of good cheer are fitting at the international Bäd Ragaz Biergarten that opened last April in the Las Ventanas shops on the corner of Woolbright Road and Federal Highway in Boynton Beach . The creative vision of Alessandro Silvestri, who is also executive chef at Tramonti in Delray Beach , who wanted to bring his love of old world Europe to Boynton Beach...

It's Sunday morning. Want a beer? Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport will soon accommodate those who do. By a unanimous vote Tuesday, the County Commission moved towards eliminating what's increasingly becoming a relic of the past: the so-called "blue laws" banning alcohol sales on Sunday mornings. While many are in a house of worship on the Sabbath day, travelers at the airport are sidling up to the bar stool, hankering for alcohol, airport officials said. "They're asking for it," said Aviation Director Kent George, adding that he personally doesn't imbibe on Sunday morning.

William Joseph Eitel, who claimed to sponsored by Budweiser, Yuengling and Miller beers, allegedly told deputies he set fire to the Freaky Tiki bar in Destin in order to stay "up to code" on fire extinguishers, according to his arrest report, reports the Northwest Florida Daily News in Fort Walton Beach. The 52-year-old Fort Walton Beach man is charged with loitering or prowling. There seems to be quite a bit of trouble brewing when Eitel is aroud, as this is his 10th booking into the Okaloosa County Jail since March 2009, inmate records show.

Mark Peto and another man had been drinking beer together Saturday afternoon underneath the movie theater in the Tavernier Towne movie theater in the Florida Keys when Petro suddenly attacked his brew buddy, cutting his thumb with a box cutter. according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. Note for curious DUH-heads: Here's a here's a pic of the cinema in case you are wondering how folks guzzle beer underneath a building. Then, as the beer drinking buddy was walking to the hospital to have his thumb treated, the 48-year-old Tavernier man allegedly attacked him once again, this time grabbing him around the neck and tried to throw him in front of an ambulance, which had to swerve to avoid hitting the duo, the release stated.

Deputies say Luis Alberto Salvador Barrera's SUV was an especially dangerous place for children not to be wearing seat belts. The 25-year-old Jacksonville man had a case of Coronas in front of his passenger seat and several empty bottles on the floor, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report. "Through my training and experience Coronas are known to me as an alcoholic beverage," wrote a deputy in the report. Barrera's Expedition was allegedly swerving across lanes when it was pulled over by the deputy in the 11700 block of Okeechobee Boulevard in Royal Palm Beach on Friday at 9:25 p.m., the report said.

One armed robbery suspect is being sought but two were arrested Thursday despite efforts by one to disguise himself and blend in, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. Fritzney Estelhomme, 21, Makendy Demard, 23, and a third man approached the victim at 12:32 a.m. Thursday outside of 1960 S.W. 41 Ave., in the Fort Lauderdale area, officials said. Armed with an assault rifle and handgun, they stole the victim's cellular phone, watch and his cash. The gunmen ran off just as a BSO patrol car was driving down the street, investigators said.